Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. labor shock from pandemic hit women of color hardest; will it persist?
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of the positive turns that the U.S. economy took during a decade-long recovery through 2019 was a steady rise in the share of women looking for work and ...
Oct 05, 2020
Space Invaders and social media: the Bank of Canada gets relatable with outreach
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - When the Bank of Canada launched its new $10 bill in 2018, it hid a Space Invaders-like video game called Inflation Busters inside the bill's web page, a fun diversi...
Oct 05, 2020
Iran reports record high 3,902 new coronavirus cases, as 235 die in 24 hours
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has registered a record high 3,902 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, with the total number of identified cases in the worst-hit country in the Middle East rising to 47...
Oct 05, 2020
Special Report: Plastic pandemic – COVID-19 trashed the recycling dream
By Joe Brock (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a rush for plastic. From Wuhan to New York, demand for face shields, gloves, takeaway food containers and bubble wrap for online shopping ...
Oct 05, 2020
Strange bedfellows: Laredo’s millionaires, nuns and muralists battle border wall
By Laura Gottesdiener LAREDO, Texas - Former U.S. Border Patrol agent Daniel Perales spent hours over the years crouched at the mouth of the Zacata Creek, a tributary of the Rio Grande, listening for ...
Oct 05, 2020
Wall Street’s regulatory gains set to stand even under Biden
By Pete Schroeder and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A victory for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Nov. 3 would spell the end of the party for the banking industry which has enjoye...
Oct 05, 2020
Wall Street gains on stimulus hopes, hints of Trump hospital discharge
(Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Monday as doctors said President Donald Trump could be discharged from the hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19, while hopes of a new...
Oct 05, 2020
Turkish F1 GP to be held without fans due to COVID-19
ANKARA (Reuters) - Formula One's Turkish Grand Prix next month will be held without spectators due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Istanbul governor's office said on Monday, as the event returns to I...
Oct 05, 2020
Kvitova reaches first French Open quarter-final for eight years
PARIS (Reuters) - Czech left-hander Petra Kvitova reached the French Open quarter-finals for the first time in eight years as she overpowered China's Zhang Shuai 6-2 6-4 on Monday. On yet another chil...
Oct 05, 2020
UK Court of Appeal overturns judgment in Venezuela gold case: lawyers
LONDON (Reuters) - A tug-of-war over $1 billion worth of Venezuelan gold stored at the Bank of England took a fresh twist on Monday as the English Court of Appeal overturned an earlier High Court ruli...
Oct 05, 2020
